A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AGENCY TO ACT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 10.86 ET SEQ., OF THE METROPOLITAN CODE OF LAW TO CLEAR TITLE
ON TWENTY-FIVE (25) VACANT AND BLIGHTED PROPERTIES OWNED BY THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT
AND THE METROPOLITAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AGENCY.

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson
County has undertaken an urban Homestead Program which includes the recycling of vacant
properties through voluntary acquisition and negotiation or through purchase of property
in back-tax sales; and

WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 13-21-201 et seq.,
has authorized cities to revitalize neighborhoods by the acquisition of blighted and
deteriorated properties; and

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Council has adopted Ordinance No.
O97-780, which establishes a process in accordance with TCA 13-21-201 et seq.,
whereby the title of vacant properties that have been through the back-tax sale procedure
can be cleared and used for the Homestead program and other affordable home ownership
programs; and

WHEREAS, all properties subject to this resolution are owned by
the Metropolitan Government or the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency, having
been acquired by the Metropolitan Government through back-tax sales or acquired directly
by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency through donation, voluntary acquisition
or back-tax auctions; and

WHEREAS, the redemption period for all back-tax properties has
expired; and

WHEREAS, Ordinance No. O97-780 designated the Board of
Commissioners of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency as the Vacant Property
Review Commission, which certifies properties as blighted or deteriorated to the
Metropolitan Council; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan
Development and Housing Agency has certified twenty-five (25) properties as blighted or
deteriorated in accordance with Section 10.86.040 of the Metropolitan Code of Law.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF
NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

SECTION 1: The Metropolitan Council accepts the written report
of the Board of Commissioners of the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency
certifying that the twenty-five (25) parcels of property listed in Section 2 and owned by
the Metropolitan Government or the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency are
blighted or deteriorated in accordance with Section 10.86.040 of the Metropolitan Code of
Law based on the determination that:

(1) The property has been acquired by the Metropolitan Government or the Metropolitan
Development and Housing Agency through a voluntary sale, or through a back-tax property
auction;

(2) The redemption period for back-tax property has expired;

(3) The property is vacant;

(4) The property is blighted and deteriorated to such an extent as to constitute a
threat to the public health, safely and welfare and is likely to continue to deteriorate
unless corrected;

(5) The continued deterioration of such property may contribute to the blighting or
deterioration of the area immediately surrounding the property;

(6) The Metropolitan Planning Commission has determined through MPC Resolution No.
98-xxx that the reuse of the property for residential use is in keeping with the general
plan.

SECTION 2: The Metropolitan Council authorizes the Metropolitan
Development and Housing Agency to institute eminent domain proceeding pursuant to Title
29, Chapter 16 and 17 against the following parcels of property for the purpose of
clearing title.